Robert Kennedy


Robert John Kennedy

Born: 3 June 1972, Dunedin, Otago
Major Teams: Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Known As: Robert Kennedy
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium


Test Debut: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Hamilton, 1st Test, 1995/96
Latest Test:
New Zealand v West Indies at St John's, 2nd Test, 1995/96

ODI Debut:
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Wellington, 2nd ODI, 1995/96
Latest ODI:
New Zealand v Pakistan at Sialkot, 2nd ODI, 1996/97

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 27/04/1996)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    4    5   1    28   22    7.00  60.86   0   0    2   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             106     17   380    6  63.33  3-28    0   0 106.0  3.58

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 06/12/1996)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    7    4   3    17    8*  17.00 113.33   0   0    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              52      2   283    5  56.60  2-36    0   0  62.4  5.44

FIRST-CLASS
 (1993/94 - 1999/00)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   38   49  15   306   31    9.00   0   0   14   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             962    223  2823   91  31.02  6-61    1   0  63.4  2.93

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1995/96 - 1999/00)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   46   30  16   126   20*   9.00   0   0   13   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             404.3  1895   58  32.67  4-29    3   0  41.8  4.68

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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First selected for the Zimbabwe test series in 1996 after showing good form in the Academy XI games, he made the WC squad largely because he can bowl line and length. Tall, getting in close to the stumps, with a very still head at delivery, and getting movement each way, he has the raw potential to be a miserly bowler for many seasons to come. However his inexperience was amply demonstrated in his first test match when he failed to control the ball during the reverse swing overs. He admitted that he had "never seen anything like this before" and had to go to the nets to work it out. Given a chance under pressure in the Zimbabwe ODI series, bowling with the new ball and at the death, he acquitted himself better than his raw figures would indicate in one game, but was very wayward in another conceding a number of wides. Some of these were very marginal calls and as a result of this his confidence took a battering. Eventually discarded by the Rixon regime in 1996/7, he will do well to regain his spot - eventually ending up well down the opening bowlers' pecking order by the end of that season.